Job Description

About Us | Mō mātou

Working at the Department of Internal Affairs, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of New Zealanders.

The Regulatory and Identity Services branch is responsible for regulatory systems and functions related to charities, gambling, anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), digital safety, passports, civil registries, citizenship and identity management. The branch also delivers identity products and services that enable customers to register their life events, access services from other public and private sector agencies and businesses, and travel seamlessly overseas. The branch has programmes of work and support functions that include data analysis and insights, information sharing, forecasting, systems, service design, risk and assurance, intelligence and investigations, engagement and education, operational policy, product innovation, international product strategy and commercial.

The role | Te tūnga

The Data & Technical Capabilities (DTC) Product Systems Team is seeking a Senior Systems Analyst to help provide support for our Grant Client Management System as well as other related systems and a lead contributor to future projects.

We are seeking someone with good analysis and logical thinking skills to contribute to the on-going support and continuous improvement across DIA systems.

What you bring | Nōu te:

• SQL: Ability to design, build and optimise complex SQL queries for reporting and downstream consumers.
• SQL: Experience reviewing, tuning, and remediating indexing and query performance issues.
• Development: Experience maintaining and safely evolving production web application logic across server side, templating, and presentation layers within a constrained platform architecture.
• General: Technical breadth spanning enterprise technologies and practices, enabling sound judgement and trusted advice across diverse technology domains.
• Requirements analysis and translation into technical requirements
• User support and technical escalarion for business-critical systems
• Impact assessment, testing and validation for changes to live production systems
• Vendor and third-party service engagement with good interpretation of vendor documentation and release notes

Additional advantageous experience:

• TSQL (MS SQL Server)
• Ruby on Rails
• Liquid or other templating languages used in web platforms
• HTML, CSS and JavaScript (especially JQuery)
• Experience working with RESTful APIs

If you want to join a team of smart, committed people who do incredibly interesting and important work for New Zealand - then get in touch.

For you | Mōu

At the Department of Internal Affairs, we are committed to offering a collaborative and innovative culture where your perspective and ideas will be welcomed. We want our people to thrive within a culture of best practice, while being able to set and achieve goals and being encouraged to challenge the status quo.

To learn more about the diverse, important mahi we do at the Department and see why we're a great place to work check out our website https://www.dia.govt.nz/

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How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono

Applications for this role close at 5pm, 17 July 2026. Please also note that you must have New Zealand Citizenship to be considered for this role.

If you have any questions, please email Jesse Stuart at Jesse.Stuart@dia.govt.nz

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